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Carpeaux

[ kahr-poh; French kar-poh ]

/ kɑrˈpoʊ; French karˈpoʊ /

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Jean Bap·tiste

[zhahnba-teest], /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/, 1827–75, French sculptor.

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How to use Carpeaux in a sentence

Carpeaux perhaps never did anything that quite equals the masterpiece of his master Rude.
French Art|W. C. Brownell
Carpeaux used to say that he never passed the "Chant du Départ" without taking off his hat.
French Art|W. C. Brownell
Then, too, M. Dalou has a certain nobility which Carpeaux's vivacity is a shade too animated to reach.
French Art|W. C. Brownell
Traces of Carpeaux's influence are plain in his way of conceiving such subjects as Carpeaux would have handled.
French Art|W. C. Brownell

After producing a statue of the prince imperial, Carpeaux was made chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1866.
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